NB: Incomplete and/ or late submissions will not be considered.
PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
Grain Milling Operation & Excellence, Baking & Pastry, Pasta & Semolina Technology, Feed Milling, What’s New, Grain Commodities Trade & Finance presentations will be delivered any time between 23rd and 25th October 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Grain Milling Operation & Excellence*
20-25 minute oral presentation (English)
Pasta & Semolina Technology*
20-25 minute oral presentation (English)
Baking & Pastry*
20-25 minute oral presentation (English)
Feed Milling: Add Value to the Bi Product*
20-25 minute oral presentation (English)
What’s New Milling Technology
10-minute oral presentation (English)
Grain Commodities Trade & Finance*
15-minute oral presentation (English)
* Each session (comprised of 3-5 presentations) will be followed by a 10-minute panel Q&A session.
* In case speaker needs more presentation time, Education Committee will evaluate and decide depending on the topic.
Educational presentations should be non-commercial in content and should address flour and feed milling, pasta, baking industry innovations, standards, and trends. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Valued added products from flour mills
Importance of Flour Technology in Flour Milling companies
Integrated Flour Milling Operation
Flour Mill pest control and fumigation
Wheat Flour Specification and Labeling
Energy saving in flour milling
New milling techniques
Flour development as per customer’s requirements.
Flour Mill Management
Food safety in milling
Clean label
Aflatoxin on maize–effect and how to measure
Pasta processing technology
Pasta production challenges and food safety
Value added products from pasta plants
How to select Enzymes for flour treatment
Bakery product consumption trends in the region
Different improvers and their effect on baking
Celiac disease and gluten-free diet
Market trend in animal protein in Africa
Developments and Trends in the poultry feed Industry
Corn Fibre diets in Poultry / Animal Feed Industry
Principles of Feed manufacturing & Processing
Soya meal production: Present trends & other protein alternatives for Animal Feeds
Particle size reduction – The base for a successful extrusion process
Mixing – How to reach excellent homogeneity in a short time
Factors that affect pellet quality and Trouble shooting in the pelleting process
Role of Enzymes in Animal Nutrition
Mycotoxin Trends, Facts and its effects
Value of Raw material analysis by Rapid methods and analytical solutions for the feed Industry
Low density poultry diets
Feeding schedules of Broiler feeds in the poultry
Intestinal Integrity – Importance and Economical impacts
New milling technology, product or service recently launched in the market (12 months or less) or has yet to be launched.
Silo temperature measurement and control systems
Whole grain quality analysis
Maize milling new technology
Mycotoxins in milling – specification, detection and removal
Non-wheat grain milling technology
Functionality of dough
Optimizing diagrams to produce the best flour quality
Wheat milling new technologies
Optical sorting equipment
Developments in automation and control systems
Quality assurance systems
Optimized treatment and handling of return flour
Plant hygiene, mill pest control & fumigation using gases and heat
Developments in fluting & roll frosting systems
Developments in whole wheat products, pasta & couscous production, and instant noodle technology
Social media applications in milling
Food safety and sanitation
Analysis of developments affecting world trade in grains
World production, consumption and market outlooks
Guidelines in drafting milling contracts
Finance facilities and banking solutions (commodity trade finance, storage finance, export pre-payment and pre-export finance structures, etc.)
Insurance policy and risk management (trade credit insurance)
Growing investment and consumption needs in emerging countries